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State infrastructural power in a neopatrimonialist democratization context: Why Tunisian sustainable land management fails

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  • Andreas Thiel
  • Nora Schütze
  • Annabelle Buhrow
  • Ayoub Fouzai
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Sustaining agricultural production in arid and semi‐arid regions is of paramount importance to food security, geo‐political independence, and social stability. In this context, it is vital to understand the effectiveness of policies. In this article, we aim to answer the question of what role the state and its policies play for soil protection in rainfed agriculture in Tunisia, and why. Beyond evaluating soil protection, this work contributes to explaining the role of the Tunisian state throughout the current phase of democratization for natural resource protection. That way it enhances our understanding of policy implementation in democratizing countries and contribute to theorizing of the policy process. We use qualitative methods and literature to understand the state infrastructural power of the Tunisian state in regard to soil protection. Land degradation in Tunisia remains a large problem. We explain the weak role of the state in effectively protecting soils as a result of subnational variation, and interrelated capabilities and weight of the state. Besides the overarching fiscal crisis that becomes worse over the years, neopatrimonial traits of the Tunisian state facilitate discrimination of rural areas, marginalization of parts of the farming population, and rainfed agriculture. Thereby, willingness and abilities of farmers and administrations to implement sustainable land management are undermined. Together with institutional uncertainty in administrations as a result of the current open‐ended democratization process, neopatrimonialist traits weaken administrative capacities. 维持干旱和半干旱地区的农业生产对于粮食安全、地缘政治独立和社会稳定至关重要。在该情境下，理解政策的有效性至关重要。本文中，我们旨在回答的问题是，国家及其政策在突尼斯雨养农业土壤保护方面发挥什么作用，以及背后的原因。除了评价土壤保护之外，本文还有助于解释突尼斯国家在当前自然资源保护民主化阶段的作用。这样一来，本文能增强我们对国家民主化中的政策实施的理解，并为政策过程的理论化作贡献。我们使用定性方法和文献来理解突尼斯国家在土壤保护方面的国家基础设施实力。突尼斯的土地退化仍然是一个大问题。我们解释了由于地方差异而导致国家在有效保护土壤方面的弱作用，以及相关的国家能力和权重。除了多年来日益恶化的总体财政危机之外，突尼斯国家的新世袭主义特征还助长了对农村地区的歧视、部分农业人口及雨养农业的边缘化。因此，农民和政府在实施可持续土地管理方面的意愿和能力受到削弱。加上当前开放式民主化进程导致的行政机构的制度不确定性，新世袭主义削弱了行政能力。. Sostener la producción agrícola en regiones áridas y semiáridas es de suma importancia para la seguridad alimentaria, la independencia geopolítica y la estabilidad social. En este contexto, es vital comprender la eficacia de las políticas. En este artículo pretendemos responder a la pregunta de qué papel desempeña el Estado y sus políticas para la protección del suelo en la agricultura de secano en Túnez, y por qué. Más allá de evaluar la protección del suelo, este trabajo contribuye a explicar el papel del Estado tunecino a lo largo de la fase actual de democratización para la protección de los recursos naturales. De esa manera mejora nuestra comprensión de la implementación de políticas en los países en proceso de democratización y contribuye a la teorización del proceso político. Utilizamos métodos y literatura cualitativos para comprender el poder infraestructural del Estado tunecino en lo que respecta a la protección del suelo. La degradación de la tierra en Túnez sigue siendo un gran problema. Explicamos el papel débil del Estado en la protección efectiva de los suelos como resultado de la variación subnacional y las capacidades y el peso interrelacionados del Estado. Además de la crisis fiscal general que empeora con los años, los rasgos neopatrimoniales del Estado tunecino facilitan la discriminación de las zonas rurales, la marginación de partes de la población agrícola y la agricultura de secano. De este modo se socava la voluntad y la capacidad de los agricultores y las administraciones para implementar una gestión sostenible de la tierra. Junto con la incertidumbre institucional en las administraciones como resultado del actual proceso de democratización indefinido, los rasgos neopatrimonialistas debilitan las capacidades administrativas.

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  • Andreas Thiel & Nora Schütze & Annabelle Buhrow & Ayoub Fouzai, 2024. "State infrastructural power in a neopatrimonialist democratization context: Why Tunisian sustainable land management fails," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 41(6), pages 985-1016, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:41:y:2024:i:6:p:985-1016
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12617
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